#8A56B4#8A56B4

#8A56B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.148 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56B4
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 180)
HSL	hsl(273, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 52.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 39.47, -41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 57.52, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% 0.091 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.149 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0456, 15.3544, 44.9735)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56B4 #80B456

analogous

#5B56B4 #8A56B4 #B456AF

triadic

#8A56B4 #B48A56 #56B48A

tetradic

#8A56B4 #B45B56 #80B456 #56AFB4

square

#8A56B4 #B45B56 #80B456 #56AFB4

split-complementary

#8A56B4 #AFB456 #56B45B

monochromatic

#4B2C63 #6B3F8E #8A56B4 #A780C7 #C5ABDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#8A56B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8A56B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56B4

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56B4	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B6BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84667D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.148 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae87cb',
    500: '#8a56b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56b4;
$custom-light: #ae87cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55194,
    "c": 0.1485,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56B4

secondary

#B1C79E

accent

#CE598E

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56B4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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